Brevard Man Faces Charges On Bad Checks In Seminole

A Brevard County man was arrested Tuesday and taken to Seminole County to face charges of issuing $5,000 in bad checks.

Willie Mims Johnson, 36, of 1017 Gainey Drive, Melbourne, was arrested by Brevard deputy sheriffs on a Seminole County warrant. He was in the Seminole County jail Wednesday with bail set at $5,000.

The checks, issued to businesses in Seminole County, were written two years ago. The first one was written to Sears for $524.99; another for the same amount was written to Jefferson Ward; another was written to Jefferson Ward for $1,165, another to Bellows TV and Appliances for $498 and another to Zayre department store for $117, deputies said.